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Mar 11, 2013 · A problem exists when someone has a goal but does not know how to achieve it. Problems can be classified as routine or nonroutine, and as well defined or ill defined. The major cognitive processes in problem solving are representing, planning, executing, and monitoring.
Feb 1, 2015 · The article reacts on the works of the leading theorists in the fields of psychology focusing on the theory of problem solving. It contains an analysis of already published knowledge,...
- Magda Campillo
- Christophe Mouchiroud
- Barry J. Zimmerman
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Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York
Universit ́e Ren ́e Descartes, Paris vii viii Contributors
Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York
Almost everything in life is a problem. Even when we go on vacations to escape our problems, we quickly discover that vacations merely bring problems that differ in kind or magnitude from the ones of daily living. In addition, we often find that the solution to one problem becomes the basis of the next one. For example, closing on a house solves th...
Adam Naples, and Robert Sternberg describe the steps and mental pro-cesses that individuals use when successfully solving a wide range of prob-lems. These authors then discuss different types of problems and how these types influence our recognition, definition, and mental representation of problem situations. Anders Ericsson, in chapter 2, reviews...
Nov 3, 2014 · Solving a problem results in obtaining a desired goal through the use of higher mental functions, including reasoning and planning. Problems—such as those requiring arrangement, transformation, and inducing structure—can be classified based on the cognitive skills that are required to solve them.
Problem Solving: thinking directed toward the handling of a particular situation involving both the formation of responses and the selection among possible responses.
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Jan 3, 2023 · What Is Problem-Solving? In cognitive psychology, the term 'problem-solving' refers to the mental process that people go through to discover, analyze, and solve problems. A problem exists when there is a goal that we want to achieve but the process by which we will achieve it is not obvious to us.
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Feb 12, 2015 · In its introductory part, it pursues a term problem and its definition. Furthermore, it pursues the problematic situations and circumstances that accompany the particular problem and appear during its solving. The main part of this article is an analysis of the problem solving process itself.
